OUR PHILOSOPHY

We believe the whole world is one big outdoor classroomoffering endless opportunities for kids to learn, explore & makeconnections that can influence them for a lifetime.

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OUR STORY

Greenfeet Guides came into being on a bright, sunny morning in October 2013 at the temple of Angkor Wat in Cambodia. Greenfeet Guides founder Ambika was roaming around the temple with her daughters (then ages 5 and 7) doing a scavenger hunt that she had designed at the start of their temple tour. Could they find the carvings of Hanuman the Monkey God, Ravana the Demon King, or King Suryavarman II who had built the magnificent temple 1000 years ago?

​It was hot and humid, but the kids went about their mission, and it wasn't until they had found all the clues that they started asking to return to the hotel swimming pool. It occurred to Ambika that other families may share the challenge of wanting to travel the world with kids, but struggle to make unfamiliar cultures and places accessible and enjoyable for them. Ambika's answer to that challenge? Greenfeet Guides!

MEET OUR TEAM

Ambika Anand Prokop, United StatesFounder and Lead Writer​

​Ambika is an educator and avid globetrotter who is on a mission to inspire kids to explore and CARE about the world around them. She wore a few different hats before writing her first Greenfeet Guide: teaching high school science and English in California, looking for spawning fish as a stream biologist in Washington state, and writing primary school curricula for village children in India. She grew up primarily in the UK and US, but began globetrotting as an infant with regular family trips to India and various destinations enroute. These early childhood adventures turned into a lifelong love of travel and cultural discovery, which she shares with her Polish-American husband and is now trying to pass onto her children. When she's not working on Greenfeet Guides, she teaches environmental literacy to primary school children. Listen to her podcast here.

Sor Sophany and Prom Ponleu, CambodiaArtists

Sophany & Ponleu have been studying art since 2010 and teach at Colors of Cambodia, a gallery in Siem Reap offering free art classes to all children. They illustrated the stories and activities in the Cambodia Kids! Scout and Trailblazer guides and hope that through the guidebooks, children will discover Cambodia's unique treasures and learn more about their small and resilient country.​

Lisa Kellman, United StatesGraphic Designer

Lisa Kellman has loved art since she was a young child, and currently works as a graphic designer in New York. She has worked with children in different capacities for many years, and helped develop the design template for Greenfeet Guides. She hopes Greenfeet Guides will encourage young people to explore the cultures and world outside their own.

Dr. Ea Darith, CambodiaAdviser and Reviewer

Dr Ea Darith is an archaeologist with the Department of Angkor International Centre for Research and Development and the APSARA Authority. He has conducted and supervised many archaeological digs on sites in the Angkor region, and specializes in the study of Angkorian stoneware techniques during the Khmer period (9-15th centuries).

MEET OUR EDITORS

Greenfeet Guides have been tried and tested by kids!​We would like to thank the many children and families who have contributed their ideas and feedback to each and every guide.